14th August 2012

1. WORKING VISIT AND CERTIFICATE HANDING OVER TO AGILENT BIO-
ANALYTICAL INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (BIDP)
PARTICIPANTS
14TH AUGUST 2012
IPHARM, PENANG
SPEECH BY
TAN SRI NOR MOHAMED YAKCOP
MINISTER IN THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT

2. BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Y.Bhg. Prof DatinPadukaDr.Khatijah Bt. Mohd Yusoff,
Deputy Secretary General (Science),
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
Y. BhgProf. Dr. RofinaYasminbte Dato' Othman,
Under Secretary,
National Biotechnology Division,
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI)
Y.Bhg, Dato’ Gooi Soon Chai
President,
Agilent Technologies,
Malaysia & Singapore
Y.Brs. Dr. Mohd Gazali B. Abas
Director, Human Capital Development
Economic Planning Unit

3. Y. Brs En Johan Mahmood Merican,
Chief Executive Office,
Talent Corporation Malaysia Berhad
Y. BrsEncik Azhar Mohd Amin,
Chief Executive Officer,
Human Architecture Technology
Members of the press,
BIDP Participants,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
AssalamualaikumWarahmatullahiWabarakatuh
Salam Sejahtera dan Salam 1 Malaysia.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I would like to thank National Institute of Biotech Malaysia (NIBM),
an institute under the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation (MOSTI) for hosting the Certificate Presentation
Ceremony of Agilent Bio-analytical Industry Development Program
(Agilent BIDP) and for inviting me today as the guest of honour. It
gives me great pleasure to be here at IPHARMtohand over the

4. certificate for completion of certification training to participants of
the Agilent Bio-Analytical Development Program (BIDP), a
programme in collaboration with Economic Planning Unit and Talent
Corporation Malaysia Berhad. I am also pleased to take this
opportunity to visit theBIDP training facility at IPHARM.
Ladies and gentlemen,
2. This program provides 3 major highlights ;
A. Public Private Partnership
B. Supporting Needs of NKEA Sector in Bio-Technology Industry in
Moving Up The Value Chain To Attract Investments
C. Enables Talents To Have Access to Experts from both local and
international
3. Under the Public Private Partnership, this program sees this
sectors synergising in an industry-led initiative to actively address the
competency gap between tertiary education and industry needs. This
is reflected not only in the co-funding elements of this programme,
participating companies also provide strong mentoring from industry
experts which will then support the development needs of the
participants.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
4. The EPP 11 objective as stated in the NKEA is to build a test and
measurement hub in the country and Agilent’s key role is to bring

5. the manufacturing of its advanced and sophisticated measurement
products to Malaysia, also potentially attracting other related
industries and at the same time to increase Malaysian companies’
capabilities by growing the local vendor ecosystem.
5. By implementing this programme, it enables MNCs to attract more
investment and transfer of activities to Malaysia and create or assist
local bio-technology companies to expand their capabilities and
products.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
6. Based on the Talent Roadmap 2020 recently launched by Prime
Minister YAB Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak on 24 April
2012, optimising Malaysian talent is the first strategic thrust in
driving the aspiration to make Malaysia among the top 20 global
talent destinations by the year 2020.
7. In line with Talent Corporation’s approach in enhancing school to
work transition, on top of mentoring from local experts, BIDP
programme enables access to global experts which is in line with
moving talents up the value chain by becoming specialists in this
field. During the 24-months programme, they have been trained by
selected industry domain experts from USA, New Zealand, Singapore
and Malaysia.

6. 8. Our country’s aspiration to become a high income nation can only
be achieved with a corresponding growth that is driven by increased
productivity, innovation and efficiency. Towards this end, I commend
TalentCorp and Agilent for playing a major role in the development
of high impact talent workforce that can sustain this aspiration.
9. I am happy to note that the BIDP participants are local graduates
from Science and Engineering disciplines, employed in 5 different
companies Agilent, NIBM, CCM, HAT and Jabatan Kimia Malaysia.
10. As such, I am pleased to be here to hand over these certificates
to the 28 participants who have completed this 4-month certification
training, for they will play a direct role in driving this industry
forward.
11. The 28 participants who will be receiving their certificates
today have completed the first phase of the training where they have
been taught and coached by global experts in the bio-technology
industry.
12. I am heartened to learn that of these 28 participants, 15 of them
havealready registered for a Master’s program at theUniversitiSains
Malaysia (USM). This is another success in promoting Research
Scientist Engineer (RSE) in Malaysia.

7. 13. I would like to congratulate these participants of engineers and
researchers, who not only created for themselves a pathway to
higher income, but have also addressed the national need in
increasing Research Scientist Engineer talents in the country.
14. In closing my speech, I would like to once again thank Agilent
for taking the lead in this public-private partnership. I hopeyou will
continue to support more SME companies advance themselves in
this sector.
Thank you.
WassalamualaikumWarahmatullahiWabarakatuh.